Editing Put-in-Bay, Ohio (section)

== History ==
The first known people to use the island were various groups of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes, including the [[Odawa|Ottawas]], [[Miami people|Miamis]], [[Shawnee]], [[Seneca people|Senecas]], [[Iroquois]], and the [[Erie people|Eries]]. The island provided shelter during crossings of [[Lake Erie]]. Some remains were discovered when a section of the island was plowed.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Centuries-old bones of baby, teen and adult found on Put-In-Bay |url=https://fox8.com/news/centuries-old-bones-of-baby-teen-and-adult-found-on-put-in-bay/ |work=Fox8 Cleveland |agency=Associated Press |date=September 9, 2017 |access-date=September 9, 2017}}</ref>

In 1679, [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle|Robert LaSalle]] and thirty-two of his men were the first to sail a large vessel in the [[Great Lakes]]: the ''Griffon''. They would transport fur and pelts from [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]] to Queensland, Ontario. Stopping at Middle Bass Island, they found unique undiscovered flowers. They named the island Isle des Fleurs because of the flowers; this name was used for the next 200 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Plaque information: René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle at Cataracoui |website=Ontario Heritage Trust |url=http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/Resources-and-Learning/Online-Plaque-Guide/Plaque-information.aspx?searchtext=120 |access-date=November 4, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030745/http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/Resources-and-Learning/Online-Plaque-Guide/Plaque-information.aspx?searchtext=120 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 }}</ref>

During the [[War of 1812]], Put-in-Bay was an important base of operations for a [[United States Navy]] squadron under [[Oliver Hazard Perry]]. Perry and his squadron arrived at the island on August 16, 1813. They used the island to train and to spy on nearby British forces located at [[Fort Malden]] in [[Ontario, Canada]]. At that point, the war had been going on for 14 months and had favored the British; [[Siege of Detroit|Detroit had surrendered to them]], and all American invasions of Canada had been repulsed. On September 10, 1813, British Captain [[Robert Heriot Barclay]], commanding a small [[Royal Navy]] squadron of six ships, had come looking for a fight. Perry and his squadron came out to meet them. The [[Battle of Lake Erie]] began at 11:45 in the morning about eight miles away from Put-in-Bay. By around 3:00 of that day Perry, despite being forced to transfer his flag from the badly damaged ''Lawrence'', had overpowered Barclay's smaller squadron. The battle resulted in the British ceding control of Lake Erie to the Americans for the duration of the war.<ref>{{cite book|last=Roosevelt|first=Theodore|author-link=Theodore Roosevelt|title=The Naval War of 1812 Or The History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans|publisher=G. P. Putnum's Sons|edition = Tenth|location=New York|year = 1889|page=266 <!--|isbn=0-375-75419-9-->|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9104}}</ref>

Two U.S. Navy slogans originated from these events: "Dont Give Up The Ship" and "We have met the enemy and they are ours.".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/trivia/trivia02.htm |title=Famous Navy Quotes: Who Said Them and When |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=September 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070923044759/http://www.history.navy.mil/trivia/trivia02.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2007  }}</ref>

Between 1820 and 1830 the island was under the jurisdiction of [[Huron County, Ohio]], but it was later joined to [[Ottawa County, Ohio]]. Put-in-Bay Township was established after 1830. The island was only sparsely inhabited and there was no actual village prior to the creation of the township.<ref>1820 and 1830 United States Federal Census, for Danbury Twp. Huron County, Ohio.</ref>{{full citation needed|date=July 2021}} The first known white resident of the island was Alexander Ewen, who had about 1,000 hogs roaming the island in 1810.<ref>letter from Charles Barnum to Z. Wildman, 1810; Zalmon Wildman papers, at the Ohio Historical Society (and copy held by R.B. Hayes library, Fremont, Oh.)</ref>

The abolitionist [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]]'s son [[John Brown Junior|John Jr.]] lived in Put-In-Bay, "growing grapes for the Chicago market", from 1862 until his death in 1895. His brother [[Owen Brown (abolitionist, born 1824)|Owen]] also lived there before moving to [[Pasadena, California]].